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Citroën DS3 by Orla Kiely Collection

Fashion designers reinterpreting premium hatchbacks seems to be all the rage these days, and the latest combines the efforts of one Orla Kiely with those of French automaker Citroën.

The resultant Citroën DS3 by Orla Kiely Collection is made up of four different models, each painted in one of four different colors with four different roof designs that feature Orla Kiely's signature stem or acorn design – a theme which repeats in the interior and on the rear tailgate. There's also contrasting door mirror shells and 17-inch alloys in either white or black depending on the design.

Only 500 examples will be made in all, and you can see them in the high-resolution image gallery below.

Gallery: Citroen DS3 by Orla Kiely Collection

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Citroen Survolt Art Car by Francoise Nielly

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Art

Artists themselves may prefer to drive vehicles spacious enough to transport their canvases, or more often than not, whatever they can afford. But an Art Car, as many of our regular readers could tell you, is something else entirely. BMW has been responsible for more than its fair share, but the latest automaker-artist collaboration comes from France.

French automaker Citroën has brought pop artist Francoise Nielly to reinterpret the color scheme of its Survolt, a diminutive electric concept sports car unveiled earlier this year in Geneva. The result is the multicolored show car you see here, which will be displayed at C42, Citroen's Champs-Elysées flagship showroom in Paris.

Gallery: Citroen Survolt Art Car by Francoise Nielly